Weekend Beer Buzz 06/08/2017

We’re turning 20 this June and are celebrating in the best possible way: Great Food, Great Friends, and GREAT BEER!! If you were here for our 10th Anniversary you’ll recognize the idea: Chris has been busy brewing beers with some of our favorite breweries and old friends to customize the special tappings. We’re going ten days straight again, with several days tapping both a beer brewed in Colorado and one from elsewhere in the US.

We’re kicking the festivities off with a Dual Tapping on Friday, June 2 at 5:30pm: reprising their role from TEN years ago, Dry Dock Brewing will be sailing in with Chris’ homage to Mr. Hoppy, the beer he planned on tapping to kick off the 10th Anniversary. We are also thrilled to welcome our friends from San Diego as we tap into the Alpine/Green Flash/Cellar 3 brew – We Were Here First! This was the first of the anniversary beers Chris brewed, a big, amazing and truly unique collaboration.

Throughout the remaining nine days we will also be tapping into beers brewed with:

Epic EclipticUpslope Sierra Nevada Great Divide Comrade OdellSpangalang New Belgium Crooked Stave And more to be announced!!!

Our last day of the celebration, Sunday June 11th, will feature a very special tapping of an extremely limited beer Chris brewed at Bristol Brewing in Colorado Springs.

All Weekday Brews will tap at 5:30pm, with Weekend Brews tapping at 2pm. As the beers arrive in town/at the bar and travel plans are confirmed we will finalize the schedule of events and announce which Brewery will be tapped on which day. Of course Twitter and Facebook will have continual updates as well, but we will update events here on the website each day as well.

One of the absolute best things about this celebration is spending time with the PEOPLE! Brewers, Owners, Brewery Representatives, fellow Publicans, Regulars who are a massive reason we are here, friends from around the country and around the World are coming in to celebrate with us. We can’t thank you enough for all of the love and support you have provided over the last two decades. We can’t wait to see you, raise a pint and share some stories!!

In 1966, with Cold War tensions simmering between the United States and USSR, a GAMBIT 1 (KH-7) spy satellite acquired this image of the town. -NASA

GAMBIT was named to support The Brewtography Project‘s successful Kickstarter last year. We loved the beer so much that we decided to re-brew it and re-launch it.

The base is almost Flanders-red style, but without acetic acid, and with a moderate amount of ruby red grapefruit zest added. The result is incredible. The flavors are complex, the acidity of the beer balances well with the grapefruit flavors, and the aroma is positively candy-like with the base of this beer giving it a bit more complexity, due to the darker malts and higher gravity.

Join us Friday, June 9th for the release of three different styles of our Brettanomyces beers in cans!

Crooked Stave will be releasing HopSavant, Colorado WildSage, and St. Bretta available in 4-packs. Unfiltered and naturally wild, these beers are the perfect companion for wherever life’s adventures take you.

The release party starts at 5 PM so mark your calendars and make sure to stop in and grab a few 4-packs fresh off the canning line!

Crooked Stave is located at The Source: 3350 Brighton Blvd, Denver, CO.

The day is nearly here when our new IPA is hitting the tap! We’re really excited about this Super Soaked IPA release and can’t wait for you all to try it out. Generous Lemondrop and Mandarina hops give this one a citrus punch and it’s the perfect addition to your Summer. Come grab a pint with your crew and enjoy our patio with Beef King (Chicago style Italian Beef & more) posted up on the lot. See you there!

New Kids on the Block, the radtacular 80’s dance party and new breweries beer festival is back for a 5th Year! Join PorchDrinking.com and The Lobby for another celebration of Colorado breweries 2 years old or younger.

Festivities kick off at 7pm with unlimited pours from approximately 20 of the best up-and-coming Colorado breweries, each showcasing two of their best beers. Additionally, an 80’s dance party will be rocking all night long with a live DJ. Be sure to dress the part, as we’ll have brewery prizes for best dressed outfits.

Early bird tickets are currently available for $30 via the link below, with prices increasing to $35 on Thursday, May 25 and $40 the day of the event, so reserve your spot for the… 2017 NKOTB right now!

We truly can’t believe it’s been a year, but now it’s time to come together, drink some beer, and celebrate the passage of time with us.

We’ll be tapping 3 new previously unreleased beers and maybe a surprise or two. Our brewer, Chris Kirk, has been patient while trying out some experimental magic with barrels. Now it’s time to taste what he’s been cooking up!

Atomga, the band that we’ve named our Imperial Stout after, will be playing our anniversary party. If you’re not familiar with them they really put on a show. Did we mention Atomga is a 12 piece band?

To top if off, Areyto will be serving up some Puerto Rican goodness. Areyto means “community gathering” in the Taino Indian language. They are Denver’s first authentic Puerto Rican food truck! Get it while it’s hot, friends.

Warmer days are upon us, which means it’s time to cool down with our summer seasonal, New Wave. New Wave is a kettle soured, Strawberry Berliner Weisse brewed with patio sessions in mind. This bright pink Berliner Weisse is light, tart, effervescent, and clean on the finish. Strawberries are the dominant flavor profile, as each batch is fermented on over 300 pounds of real strawberries.

Join Ratio Beerworks this Saturday as we re-release New Wave Strawberry Berliner Weisse. More details to come!

Silent auction, free prize giveaways, custom T-shirts and MORE! Please email kristen@copperkettledenver.com if you would like to donate a silent auction item! Last year we raised $15,000 from silent auction items!!!

We’ll even have multiple dog training sessions throughout the night, so bring your donation ($25 or more with all proceeds going to the charity) for your thirty minute dog training session with Canis Major Dog Training!!!

100% of the proceeds goes to the ACT Foundation – Alexander C Teves Foundation in Alex’s name, providing funds & opportunities to students with unique needs.